Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Containing 114 reproductions of works ranging from Jackson Pollock’s dynamic 1948 drip painting to Kehinde Wiley’s 2006 hip-hop-meets-Old-Master portrait, Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is a handsome collection that offers art enthusiasts a chance to recall old favorites and discover hidden treasures and new acquisitions. Taken from the nationally recognized collection of the same name at the VMFA, the works presented here appear chronologically within the book’s three sections—paintings; sculpture and video art; and prints, drawings, photographs, and collage. The result is an intriguing compilation of postwar art not to be missed.

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Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Containing 114 reproductions of works ranging from Jackson Pollock’s dynamic 1948 drip painting to Kehinde Wiley’s 2006 hip-hop-meets-Old-Master portrait, Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is a handsome collection that offers art enthusiasts a chance to recall old favorites and discover hidden treasures and new acquisitions. Taken from the nationally recognized collection of the same name at the VMFA, the works presented here appear chronologically within the book’s three sections—paintings; sculpture and video art; and prints, drawings, photographs, and collage. The result is an intriguing compilation of postwar art not to be missed.

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Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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Overview

Containing 114 reproductions of works ranging from Jackson Pollock’s dynamic 1948 drip painting to Kehinde Wiley’s 2006 hip-hop-meets-Old-Master portrait, Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is a handsome collection that offers art enthusiasts a chance to recall old favorites and discover hidden treasures and new acquisitions. Taken from the nationally recognized collection of the same name at the VMFA, the works presented here appear chronologically within the book’s three sections—paintings; sculpture and video art; and prints, drawings, photographs, and collage. The result is an intriguing compilation of postwar art not to be missed.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780917046803
Publisher: Distribution
Publication date: 07/02/2007
Pages: 252
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 1.25(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

John B. Ravenal, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the VMFA, is the author of Vanitas: Meditations on Life and Death in Contemporary Art and Outer and Inner Space: Pipilotti Rist, Shirin Neshat, Jane and Louise Wilson, and the History of Video Art.

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